On 2013-05-16 04:28:37 +0000, sf said:

> On Wed, 15 May 2013 14:31:30 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>
>> sf asks:
>>
>>> How can they be so crowded if they are really that bad?
>>
>> Gordon lauds her desserts in the program. Apparently she does one thing well.
>
> I heard that too, but it didn't explain why they were so crowded when
> they were supposedly so bad.

Oh you mean during the taping? Word gets out when Ramsey is in town and
completely dead places come to life very rapidly, if only so they can
participate in the "before" portion of the program.

>> A number of the Yelp reviews, pre-Gordon, indicate the place is empty,
>> or that they are only one of two couple or some such.
>
> Aha. Okay, that is more realistic.
>
> Thanks!